to pose
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6.1
- verb
- /poʊz/
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- I was starting to think that maybe he was a Mossad agent posing as a Pakistani.
This is actually hatred posing as Christian love.
- This is actually hatred posing as Christian love.
- It's the men posing as women who are causing problems.
- There are people who pose as atheists, but no one's purely rational.
- Not a sponsor, but it's a blog, but post post posing as an article.
Examples
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It's the men posing as women who are causing problems.
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We'll have armed agents posing as wait staff.
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That is why an executive like myself had to come and pose as a professor.
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"A doctor, or someone posing as a doctor, came into that room after I left.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'm sorry I posed as a ninja, but this woman needed my help.
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She'll be posing as a gold trader from New York.
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Two years ago, Leena wormed her way into this family by posing as a runaway.
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"And all this time he was posing as Otha's emissary?" Bevi asked her.
Fiction book (1993) -
He hired me to pose as a police officer during the investigation.
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She decided to pose as a wealthy businesswoman to gain access to the exclusive event.
Synonyms
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2.3
To act as if something is true when it is not
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7.2
Pretend to be another person by copying their looks, voice or actions
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6.9
To pretend to be someone else to hide the truth
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3.4
Pretend to have qualities or feelings you do not have
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6.9
To make something or someone look real when they are not
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5.0
Pretend to have a quality or feeling
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6.4
To pretend to be or feel something to trick people
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9.9
Pretend to be another person to trick people or act in a role
To pretend to be someone else to trick people
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pose comes from the old French poser and the Latin ponere, meaning 'to put' or 'place'. Think of someone 'putting themselves' into another person's role, so to pose as someone is to pretend to be them to deceive people.